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| 1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 2-5.1 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (30 ILCS 740/2-5.1) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-5.1. Additional requirements. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Any unit of local government that becomes a participant | ||||||
| 9 | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
| 10 | 94th General Assembly shall, in addition to any other | ||||||
| 11 | requirements under this Article, meet all of the following | ||||||
| 12 | requirements when applying for grants under this Article:
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| 13 | (1) The grant application must demonstrate the | ||||||
| 14 | participant's plan to provide general public | ||||||
| 15 | transportation with an emphasis on elderly, disabled, and | ||||||
| 16 | economically disadvantaged populations. | ||||||
| 17 | (2) The grant application must demonstrate the | ||||||
| 18 | participant's plan for interagency coordination that, at a | ||||||
| 19 | minimum, allows the participation of all State-funded and | ||||||
| 20 | federally-funded agencies and programs with transportation | ||||||
| 21 | needs in the proposed service area in the development of | ||||||
| 22 | the applicant's public transportation program. | ||||||
| 23 | (3) Any participant serving a nonurbanized area that is | ||||||
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| 1 | not receiving Federal Section 5311 funding must meet the | ||||||
| 2 | operating and safety compliance requirements as set forth | ||||||
| 3 | in that federal program. | ||||||
| 4 | (4) The participant is required to hold public hearings | ||||||
| 5 | to allow comment on the proposed service plan in all | ||||||
| 6 | municipalities with populations of 1,500 inhabitants or | ||||||
| 7 | more within the proposed service area. | ||||||
| 8 | (b) Service extensions by any participant after July 1, | ||||||
| 9 | 2005 by either annexation or intergovernmental agreement must | ||||||
| 10 | meet the 4 requirements of subsection (a). | ||||||
| 11 | (c) In order to receive funding, the Department shall | ||||||
| 12 | certify that the participant has met the requirements of this | ||||||
| 13 | Section. Funding priority shall be given to service extension, | ||||||
| 14 | multi-county, and multi-jurisdictional projects. | ||||||
| 15 | (d) The Department shall develop an application process for | ||||||
| 16 | funding in new service areas. The application shall seek | ||||||
| 17 | information from potential applicants that includes, but is not | ||||||
| 18 | limited to, a description of the proposed service in the new | ||||||
| 19 | area and a budget for providing that service. The application | ||||||
| 20 | must also contain the information described in item (1) of | ||||||
| 21 | subsection (a) of this Section. The Department shall certify | ||||||
| 22 | that the applicant has met the requirements of this Section and | ||||||
| 23 | shall submit an appropriation for the applicant that is equal | ||||||
| 24 | to 65% of eligible operating expenses of an approved budget for | ||||||
| 25 | the applicant's new service area. If the applicant is an | ||||||
| 26 | existing participant that is extending its service area, either | ||||||
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| 1 | by annexation or intergovernmental agreement, then, in the | ||||||
| 2 | first fiscal year following the extension of the service area, | ||||||
| 3 | that participant's appropriation shall exceed its 10% annual | ||||||
| 4 | growth by an amount equal to 65% of eligible operating expenses | ||||||
| 5 | of its approved budget for the new service area. | ||||||
| 6 | (Source: P.A. 94-70, eff. 6-22-05.)
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